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Originally Posted by pinky62
i already have these boxes checked but still some 800 books have information missing?
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That suggests the metadata download sites you're using never send published date (e.g. some sources don't send Language), select source and click Configure selected source to check, or it's unchecked at the source level, or they sometimes send 'empty dates'.
If the metadata source sends published date and you have it checked in the right hand list then it should be there, but if its not sent or it's sent as empty then it won't be there.
Which metadata download sites do you use?
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Originally Posted by pinky62
i need to know if i can update all these 800 books orig publishing date without downloading meta data for each individually.TIA
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Find a site that sends published date (eg Amazon) configure Preferences->Download metadata so that only that site is used and only check published date in right hand list.
Select say 20 of the 800 books in question, and press Ctrl/D (or click Edit Metadata->Download metadata and covers). If that works satisfactorily select the remaining 780 books and press Ctrl/D - could take a while, IIRC calibre puts a choke on bulk downloads so that the sources are not swamped by any single user.
BR